Top jQuery Form Validation plugins to implement client-side form validations quickly

If you are working on a Web-Application, you definitely need to validate the forms created on your website, and as we know there are two types of validations, server-side and client-side validations, we always implement server-side validation and it is mandatory, but it is better to implement client-side validations also, for better user experience.

So, here I will provide you the list of top jQuery form validation plugins which makes our client-side form validation jobs easy and simpler.

jQuery Validation Plugin

This is one of the most widely used jQuery form validation plugin, as it is easy to use and have wide range of validations, we can also customize and create our own functions to implement validations in form.

The plugin comes bundled with a useful set of validation methods, including URL and email validation, while providing an API to write your own methods. All bundled methods come with default error messages in english and translations into 37 other languages.

Parsley

Parsley is an extensible plugin that offers ordinary options like localization and custom validation rules, but also a remote Ajax validation. The documentation is clean and easy to read and the project is actively maintained. Validation rules can be controlled using HTML5 form or custom data attributes.

Bootstrap validator

Bootstrap validator plugin sticks to the conventions set by Bootstrap’s core jQuery plugins. The plugin is just wrapped around a native form validation using HTML5 attributes. It validates fields that are present when the plugin is initialized.

In this,Validation rules are specified on form inputs via the following standard HTML5 attributes:

Smoke

Smoke is an open source form validation plugin that is made specifically for Bootstrap. It is hosted, developed and maintained on Github. It is quite simple and easy to use. This plugin does not use native browser validation. Error messages are not automatically localized and validation rules need to be specified using data attributes, JavaScript and HTML5.

It supports Angular,Select2 and bootstrap datepicker. Smoke is open source plugin.